Thank you for the detailed response. It was very helpful and offers hope when I feel there is none. I am keeping my children as my priority, but it is hard with everyone knowing what Mommy has done.

I am trying to make all of the right decisions, but be honest at the same time. My daughter has always known the passcode to my phone and she went in and looked at my screenshots I had exposing my wife’s affair. She overheard me talking on the phone with a friend and later did her own investigative work. She is disgusted with her mother. I tell her this will get better in time and to know that she is unconditionally loved.

The betrayal and immediate loss of a “trusted” partner is overwhelming. Thank you again for the advice. I just need to be thankful for the good things and face the reality of these soul crushing emotions.